GeForce GTX 1630 vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1156 MHz. The HBM2 memory is set to run at a speed of 1600 MHz on this particular model. It features 3584 SPUs along with 224 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (180%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX Vega 56 should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1630 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 321126 (327%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 is a lot (approximately 365%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1630. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 203264 (365%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be a lot (about 166%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 1630, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 46144 (166%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.